New hypertension guidelines set aggressive goals based on risk factors. Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure.
Physicians and public health officials need to intensify their efforts to detect and treat high blood pressure, because the incidence of hypertension-related morbidity and mortality has stopped declining, and fewer than 30% of hypertensive patients have their blood pressure under control. The JNC VI report outlines the current standard of care for treating hypertension.
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Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA.
D000465:Algorithms; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*